Judges 1:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.”

What this verse means

Read Judges 1:8 in the flow of Judges1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Judges1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 1:8 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
  2. Judges 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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